Eric Beetner has been described as “the James Brown of crime fiction – the hardest working man in noir” by Crime Fiction Lover. On LitReactor, he’s known as “the 21st century’s answer to Jim Thompson.” Beetner has written more than 20 novels, including Rumrunners (2015), Leadfoot (2016), The Devil Doesn’t Want Me (2016), The Year I Died 7 Times (2015) and Criminal Economics (2013). His award-winning short stories have appeared in over three dozen anthologies. Beetner co-hosts the podcast, Writer Types, and the Noir at the Bar reading series in Los Angeles where he lives and works as a television editor.